Hadrian Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 118. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / PONT MAX TR POT COS II, Roma, helmeted, seated to right on cuirass, holding spear and clasping hands with Hadrian, standing to left, togate; ADVENTVS AVG SC in exergue. RIC II.3 158; RIC II 547; C. 91; BMCRE 1123. 26.96g, 35mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine; a handsome example of Hadrian's heroic portraiture.
From the Antonio Carmona Collection.